“We Were Already in Lockdown”: Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia—Mental Health, Social Isolation, Abandonment, and Financial Precarity

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Participant</td><td class="align_center">Gender</td><td class="align_center">Status</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Alexandra</td><td class="align_center">Female</td><td class="align_center">Asylum seeker/no visa</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Amira</td><td class="align_center">Male</td><td class="align_center">Asylum seeker/no visa</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Miranda</td><td class="align_center">Female</td><td class="align_center">Asylum seeker/no visa</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Rosina</td><td class="align_center">Female</td><td class="align_center">Asylum seeker/no visa</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Sameera</td><td class="align_center">Female</td><td class="align_center">Asylum seeker/no visa</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Tameena</td><td class="align_center">Female</td><td class="align_center">Asylum seeker/no visa</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Angelo</td><td class="align_center">Male</td><td class="align_center">Refugee/temporary visa</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Felicity</td><td class="align_center">Female</td><td class="align_center">Refugee/temporary visa</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hamin</td><td class="align_center">Male</td><td class="align_center">Refugee/temporary visa</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Julie</td><td class="align_center">Female</td><td class="align_center">Refugee/temporary visa</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Raju</td><td class="align_center">Male</td><td class="align_center">Refugee/temporary visa</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Rameena</td><td class="align_center">Female</td><td class="align_center">Refugee/temporary visa</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Rosa</td><td class="align_center">Female</td><td class="align_center">Refugee/temporary visa</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Health & Social Care in the Community

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Table 1: “We Were Already in Lockdown”: Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia—Mental Health, Social Isolation, Abandonment, and Financial Precarity 

Table 1 | “We Were Already in Lockdown”: Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Australia—Mental Health, Social Isolation, Abandonment, and Financial Precarity 